International Aspects of Technology and Innovation (1 º Sem 2018/2019)

EGCTI (Economia e Gestão de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação)

Objectives

The main learning objectives of this course are the following:
- To provide students a broad perspective about the main trends regarding the development of technological competences worldwide;
- To learn about the main international trends on technology and innovation management, incl. in multinational firms;
- To understand worldwide technology replication and sharing processes as well as their consequences;
- To identify the main tools for having access to foreign-based technology, for both firms and countries;
- To identify the main trends of innovation policy in the European Union;
- To assess the opportunities and threats stemming from inter-firm technology based agreements.